More than 27 million watched Biden’s State of the Union Address

More than 27 million people watched President Biden’s State of the Union address on cable news and broadcast networks Thursday night.

Fox News had the largest audience, averaging 5.6 million viewers during the president’s speech. ABC drew the largest audience of any broadcast network, averaging just over 5 million viewers, compared to 4.3 million for NBC and 3.90 for CBS, according to early numbers from Nielsen Media Research. There were 10,000 people.

Final rating numbers are expected to be released by Nielsen on Friday evening.

MSNBC averaged 4.2 million viewers and CNN had 2.5 million viewers.

The total number of viewers for Thursday night’s speech was on par with last year’s address, but lower than the 38 million who watched Biden’s State of the Union address in 2022, which itself dwarfed the 45.6 million who watched the former president’s address. It was far behind humans. President Trump’s first speech of 2018.

In a speech before a joint session of Congress on Thursday, Biden denounced Republicans’ lack of support for immigration funding, promised aid to Ukraine at war with Russia and highlighted his record on issues ranging from foreign policy to the economy. was advertised.